Where Are You Christmas?

A really cool song I've heard quite a lot this Christmas Season is "Where Are You Christmas?" By Faith Hill. Here are the Lyrics
" Where are you Christmas? Why can't I find You?
Why have you gone away?
Where is the laughter you used to bring me, Why can't I hear music play? My world is changing, I'm rearranging Does that mean Christmas changes too? Where are you Christmas? Do you remember the one you used to know? I'm not the same one, See what the time's done, Is that why you have let me go? Christmas is here, Everywhere, oh, Christmas is here, If you care, oh. If there is love in your heart and your mind


You will feel like Christmas all the time.
I feel you Christmas
I know I've found you
You never fade away!
The Joy of Christmas
Stays here inside us
Fills each and every heart with love
Where are you Christmas
Fill your heart with love.

I think for many their lives have been changed these last years. Since the recession the world has changed, people have changed, and yet if we look deep within the true Christmas spirit is Love and not things. Said so well by my son to his father the other day, and written on his Christmas wish list, Most of all give me love because that is what keeps families together.
Today I treated myself to a McDonald's meal. That midnight craving finally got me, and I needed french fries. While waiting in line, two men behind me thought I'd been called up when I hadn't. When they realized their mistake one said to the other "Patient, you need patience." I turned and said " Patience is bearing your trials with out complaining." They were taken back by my definition, and then asked where I got it from, and I said from the dictionary. I told them I had needed to learn a lot of Patience this past year as my husband and I both lost our jobs, and life had changed drastically for us. As I sat at my table in McDonald's a thought came to me. Christ is the the perfect example of patience. Of course he is the perfect example, but I had never come to this thought before. He went to the cross and was crucified and he never once complained, and within his trial he asked God to "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." And my thought was do you mean Lord that not only do I need to bear this trial without complaining, but I also need to pray and forgive those who have been causing the stress in our life? Do I now need to take this next step and pray for the manager who hired my husband? I have to forgive him for his lies? I think it is exactly what the Lord wants me to do, and so I have learned more today about Patience. I don't know how much more I must be tried, how much more our family must struggle through, but I do know it has been quite the learning process. Do you have a trial that you must bear without complaining? And do you see yourself praying for those who have inflicted you with this trial? Asking for them to be forgiven and praying for them? I have a lot of pondering to do. The two men wished me good luck in my struggles. But perhaps I touched their lives more than I will know. I have given them something new to think about.
Moments of Joy: Sleeping until 11:00am. Going to Church yesterday. I learned alot. Helping others. Spending time with my family.
Thankful for: McDonald's french fries, My home, My Family, My Faith.
Note on my husband, he continues to work hard. He unfortunately will find out that he did not pass is ASE Engine test. Ugh. By get this one point. Oh Poor him. He can take it again this spring, perhaps he will take time to study for it this time around. Both him and my son need to learn to study more.